Great Elm Capital (GECC) Competitors

Great Elm Capital (NASDAQ:GECC) and CION Investment (NYSE:CION) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is GECC or CION a better dividend stock?

Great Elm Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. Great Elm Capital pays out 370.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CION Investment pays out -496.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Elm Capital has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and CION Investment has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CION Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer GECC or CION?

In the previous week, Great Elm Capital had 12 more articles in the media than CION Investment. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Great Elm Capital and 0 mentions for CION Investment. Great Elm Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat CION Investment's score of 1.27 indicating that Great Elm Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Great Elm Capital	Positive
CION Investment	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GECC or CION?

Great Elm Capital received 233 more outperform votes than CION Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Great Elm Capital an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave CION Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Great Elm Capital	Outperform Votes 237 65.47%	Underperform Votes 125 34.53%
CION Investment	Outperform Votes 4 26.67%	Underperform Votes 11 73.33%

Do analysts rate GECC or CION?

CION Investment has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.55%. Given CION Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CION Investment is more favorable than Great Elm Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Great Elm Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
CION Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GECC or CION?

38.8% of Great Elm Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of CION Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Great Elm Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CION Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, GECC or CION?

Great Elm Capital has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CION Investment has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GECC or CION more profitable?

CION Investment has a net margin of 31.21% compared to Great Elm Capital's net margin of 15.00%. Great Elm Capital's return on equity of 11.60% beat CION Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Elm Capital	15.00%	11.60%	4.25%
CION Investment	31.21%	11.49%	5.04%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GECC or CION?

CION Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Great Elm Capital. CION Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Elm Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Elm Capital	$11.13M	11.52	$25.33M	$0.40	27.75
CION Investment	-$2.97M	-162.04	$95.31M	-$0.29	-31.47

Summary

Great Elm Capital beats CION Investment on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.